One of the main assets users who are familiar with recent Nokia smartphone offerings is the camera quality. A lot of us are used to HTC and Samsung putting in so-so cameras so the upgrade is very much anticipated. There have been professional photoshoots and videos shot entirely with Nokia smartphones. That’s how good the … Read more
Microsoft held a contest to see what the top health and life science apps were for Windows Phones and they’ve now announced ten winners of a 4gb Xbox 360 with Kinect (sick prize). One of the winners is an app I personally use as well as some of the writers here and that’s 6 Week … Read more
The year was 2007 and Apple had released the iPhone to great reviews but was lacking features. Many brushed aside Apple’s chances to be a serious contender to Microsoft’s mature Windows Mobile platform. Apple had complete faith in its product and what they wanted to change about the smartphone. It wasn’t until several updates later … Read more
Remember when you first heard about this new operating system that Microsoft was showing off called “Windows Phone Series 7” and it looked so slick and had great features and you were really into it and then you learned they were talking about a product almost a year away from release? And so you waited … Read more
Hope the title clarified enough but Microsoft and AT&T are running a promotion now and if you buy a Windows Phone between 5/1 and 6/26 you get 3 months of Zune Pass for free. “A 3-month Zune Pass gives you access to music from the over 11 Million (US) songs in Zune Marketplace. You can … Read more
That list of 500 features that Mango is getting are more than just tweaks. A lot of these are essentially apps that are being brought into the OS, such as the Bing Vision, Messenger integration and SkyDrive. So instead of getting a phone and installing 25 apps you have them from day one. And this … Read more
Oh right I said it all in the title. There’s a new app that just hit marketplace called GPS Navigator aSpass and I’ll let their description do the talking: aSpass Gps Navigator provides voice guided, turn by turn navigation for your WP7. A fast and accurate route calculation combined with voice instructions and clear onscreen … Read more
Playtomo is a pack of 20 casual games that all have that bubbly/Japanese style look and feel that works great. The games are things like solitaire, brick breaker, Pac-man, Doodle Jump, etc. They’re all simple knock offs but it works and there is something to having one app that’s filled with a bunch of games. … Read more
Yes, Apple is releasing iMessage which is effectively BBM for iPhones. So you can send messages between iPhones without sending texts and get read receipts and that sort of stuff. If it sounds like BBM for iPhones it is and that’s the gift and the curse. As much as people love BBM, the huge limitation … Read more
When Windows Phones first went on the market, despite the expensive ad campaign, it was always known to be a ‘soft’ release. In other words, they needed to get in the game and release phones to start to build a platform but they knew that they weren’t going to takeover the market on day one. … Read more